Rome in a Day

Rome, Italy

Today was an exhausting day. Rome surly wasn’t built in a day, but we visited it all in a day. We took the 8:05 train from Civitavecchia into Rome. In Rome we had a tour guide, Nicky, from Through Eternity waiting for us. She was great. She was a native English speaker and very hyper. We would have never visited all the sights that we did without her. We visited the Coliseum, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Vatican, Sistine Chapel and the Basilica. We did it all mostly on foot and buses. Nicki also showed us how to cross the street in Rome. The cars will never stop for you at the crosswalks so you have to cross like Julius Caesar…who owned all the streets in Rome. So basically cross like you own the street. Aya was a trooper and did not complain a single time. Caru and Lomby opted out since they had already been to Rome a couple of times. It was crazy and miserably hot, but we did it all.

Sorry we haven't been able to post more pics, but the internet it very slow and expensive onboard the ship!!